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Appleton

Yes: Is there any way one can tell a Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin from a giant Pumpkin? Reason: I planted what I thought was a giant KIN but then I realized what I had planted may have been a Jack-O-Lantern...have no idea how that happened...but anyway the kin is doing great....but again I just do not know what kind she is and at the end if I want to take it to a weigh off...what class do I put her in if they take her into any class? Make sense or not? Fluffy

7/29/2019 10:39:06 AM

Colorado

The plants are very different and the fruit are different and the stems are different and the seeds are different.

7/29/2019 11:24:56 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Jack - O - Lantern or field pumpkins start out very dark green with a dark green stem. They turn orange when mature, and grow very little after changing color. Atlantic Giants start out yellow to cream colored with a similar colored stem. They develop their final color long before they mature and stop growing. The weigh off officials will know what category to enter it in.

7/29/2019 11:51:37 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Jackolantern pumpkins have a star shaped solid core stem that is dark green while giant pumpkins have a round yellow stem that is “soft” and has a cavity in the middle. Other differences as noted above.

7/29/2019 12:40:14 PM

Springfield, VT

You can tell by leaves giant and field pumpkins are different. Field pumpkins will be cut and jagged.

7/29/2019 1:21:25 PM

Appleton

If I post a photo of my kin would anyone there be-able to ID her? Also, this particular kin was pollinated around the 7th of May 19...I started her in my basement for the fun of it and she grew and grew. She had a main stem about 8 FT long when I transplanted her. I buried the stem. Anyway I am not good at measuring her but I am worried that she will go south on me in the next couple months. Anything you all would recommend me doing to help it survive? I am going to post a photo of the kin...maybe that will help. Fluffy

7/29/2019 3:24:07 PM

Winnipeg, Manitoba

After seeing your diary photo, doesn't look like a field pumpkin at all and that leaf doesn't look like an Atlantic Giant.

Maybe a large pink Cinderella pumpkin? I am not sure.

http://cdn.territorialseed.com/images/uploads/1069_9477_large.jpg

7/30/2019 1:29:38 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Well it’s more Atlantic giant than field pumpkin that’s for sure. Definitely a soft stem c. maxima species. It does look kinda like a Cinderella on its side.

7/30/2019 6:14:32 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Yep that is C maxima not C Pepo

7/30/2019 7:45:18 AM

Appleton

Hey thanks. What about a "BIG MAX" Love all the comments. To start with I was just messing around with pumpkin seeds, I like to see things grow...this kin just came up like gangbusters and I let it grow...then the stem got to be 8 ft long and I was going to dump it, but it looked so good but was so early in year...but I just hauled it out to my garden and the rest is history... and i have a long time until weigh-off dates...I know, I know...it's all about me...make any sense to anyone...fluffy

7/30/2019 10:42:24 AM

Appleton

Hey, I found out from Menomonie, WI that I have a "C" maxima... Can I still enter this kin in a weigh-off

fluffy

7/30/2019 2:57:03 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Yes

7/30/2019 3:42:33 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

There ar many types of c maxima by the way. Just like there are many types of dogs and cats. The Atlantic giant is a type of c maxima, along with prize winners, Cinderella, and many others

7/30/2019 3:45:46 PM

Appleton

Hey thanks. fluffy

7/31/2019 7:39:43 AM